Should Lenin’s body be buried, asks poll (Lead)
January 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A political party in Russia has launched an online poll asking whether the body of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be buried.Lenin died Jan 21, 1924, and ... Read more...
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Russia wants to bury Lenin?
January 23rd, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The ruling United Russia party has launched a website announcing an online poll on the burial of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.The poll of the goodbyelenin.ru website ... Read more...
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Halle Berry’s Ex, Gabriel Aubry, Requests The Judiciary To Pronounce Him Formally As The Daddy Of Their 2-year-old Nahla
January 19th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 19, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): The state of affairs surrounding Halle Berry, the accomplished American actress, and her ex-companion, Gabriel Aubry, could worsen in the coming days. The romance between ... Read more...
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Brenda Strong Files For Divorce
January 16th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Looking away from the various hook-ups, the engagements and the pregnancy news of the celebrities, there are some more celebs on the chart for whom the ... Read more...
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Measles virus plays key role in Paget’s disease of bone
January 15th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): A team of researchers, led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, have found that a gene from the measles virus plays a key role in the ... Read more...
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Commercial disputes with foreign nation flood Chinese courts
December 19th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 19 (IANS) The US is among the five nations that have the most civil and commercial disputes with China, a senior official of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said. A ... Read more...
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Bihar cabinet recommends dissolution of state assembly
November 23rd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 23 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet Tuesday decided to recommend dissolution of the state assembly to Governor Debanand Konwar, a day ahead of the counting of votes of the assembly polls.The ... Read more...
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Pak, Afghanistan ‘incubators’ of terrorism and extremism: Russian security chief
November 11th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Nov 11(ANI): Pakistan and Afghanistan have become the 'incubators' of terrorism, and pose a threat to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Russian security chief has said.Director of ... Read more...
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Don’t kill off T20 golden goose, says Oz players’ body chief
October 31st, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct. 31 (ANI): Australian Cricketers' Association chief executive Paul Marsh has warned that the game's administrators in the country should avoid an overkill of Twenty20 cricket in the aftermath of a ... Read more...
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Myanmar democracy icon wants to sue junta
September 5th, 2010 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
Yangon, Sep 5 (DPA) Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has advised her now defunct political party to sue the ruling junta for forcing its dissolution, opposition sources said Sunday.
Suu Kyi, ... Read more...
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‘74 percent of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been effectively dealt with’
August 4th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): An US Government report has revealed that about 74 percent of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been effectively dealt with by capture, burning, ... Read more...
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Naga group announces resumption of Manipur blockade
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The United Naga Council announced Sunday it will be resume an economic blockade of Manipur for 20 days from Wednesday as the central government had failed to ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for parliament battle from July 5
June 28th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 28 (IANS) After keeping the house in abeyance for over a month for fear of obstruction by the opposition Maoist party, Nepal's embattled government Monday announced that the ... Read more...
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Nepal PM faces new hurdle
June 3rd, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 3 (IANS) Saved from a dire constitutional crisis last month by the opposition Maoist party but now at loggerheads with it once more, Nepal's government faces a fresh ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists begin fresh campaign to topple PM
June 1st, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 1 (IANS) After a brief respite when they buried the hatchet and bailed the government out of a dire constitutional crisis, Nepal's opposition Maoist party Tuesday stepped up ... Read more...
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UN urges Nepal to save derailed peace process
May 28th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 28 (IANS) As a dire constitutional crisis threatened to engulf Nepal from midnight with its interim parliament and ruling coalition headed for dissolution, the UN urged the political parties to ... Read more...
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Nepal rushes towards President’s rule, emergency
May 25th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) With an unprecedented constitutional crisis set to engulf Nepal and its embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal still refusing to quit, President's rule and a state ... Read more...
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PM backs health ministry on keeping medical education
May 24th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The health ministry has the backing of the prime minister on a row with the human resource development ministry (HRD) over control of medical education in ... Read more...
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Now, dissolvable-wedding-dress for money-saving brides!
May 18th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Girls who think that it is foolish to spend big bucks on a wedding dress, here's a environmental friendly solution-a dissolvable wedding gown.According to Brides.com's American Wedding Study ... Read more...
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Time running out for Nepal, warns UN
May 14th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) With less than a fortnight left for Nepal's parliament to be dissolved and the major parties still unable to agree on the future course of action, ... Read more...
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Centre to dissolve Medical Council of India
May 14th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Union Government has decided to dissolve the scandal-hit Medical Council of India (MCI).The Centre took the decision after MCI chairman Ketan Desai was charged by the ... Read more...
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EU renews sanctions against Myanmar
April 26th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Luxembourg, April 26 (DPA) The European Union (EU) decided Monday on a 12-month extension to sanctions against Myanmar, condemning moves by its military junta to prevent the opposition from taking part in ... Read more...
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Thai premier’s national TV broadcast disrupted
April 25th, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 25 (DPA) A televised broadcast of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was cut off for several minutes Sunday by suspected saboteurs, the prime minister said.
The broadcast of Abhisit and ... Read more...
Clouds thinning, airspaces opening, says Eurocontrol
April 19th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 19 (DPA) The cloud of volcanic ash over Europe is beginning to thin and a number of countries have been able to reopen their airspace, European air traffic control body ... Read more...
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Nepal starts new year with old feuds unresolved
April 14th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 14 (IANS) As Nepal ushered in the Nepali new year 2067 Wednesday, the festivities were dampened due to the uncertainty prevailing about the future of the republic and the failure ... Read more...
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16 new parties seek to participate in Myanmar polls
April 9th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 9 (IANS) Sixteen new political parties in Myanmar have sought registration with the Union Election Commission for the upcoming general election in the country, Xinhua reported Friday.
Of the 10 parties ... Read more...
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Gorbachev’s granddaughter gets married secretly
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Granddaughter of Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), got married in a secret low-key affair in Moscow, a media report said ... Read more...
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Thai anti-government demonstrators spill blood in protest (Lead)
March 16th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 16 (DPA) Thousands of Thai demonstrators spilled their blood in front of the government's administrative compound in Bangkok Tuesday in a symbolic protest against its "elitist" leader Prime Minister ... Read more...
Bosnia war could have been avoided: Karadzic
December 29th, 2009 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, Dec 29 (IANS/AKI) Bosnia's 1992-95 war could have been avoided, says wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.
He Monday blamed Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic and foreign powers for triggering the ... Read more...
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B.P. Baishya new IWF president
December 27th, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) B.P. Baishya and Sahadev Yadav were Sunday unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Baishya is a member of parliament and chairman of ... Read more...
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No proper procedure to help divorced Pak men to change their status in national IDs
December 20th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec. 20 (ANI): Pakistan's National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) does not have a proper procedure for divorced individuals to have their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) changed.According to reports, there is ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah rules out assembly dissolution for dialogue
November 9th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 9 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday welcomed the willingness shown by the separatist leaders to re-start the dialogue with the central government but ruled out ... Read more...
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Somali man marries girl 95 years his junior
October 31st, 2009 - 7:49 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 31 (RIA Novosti) A 112-year-old Somali man has married a 17-year-old girl in central Somalia.
The wedding took place in the village of Guriceel in central Somalia, one of the ... Read more...
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Chidambaram knew of Jharkhand poll dates in advance: BJP
October 29th, 2009 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday alleged that Home Minister P. Chidambaram had prior information of the state assembly poll dates which were ... Read more...
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Zardari decides to surrender key presidential powers to PM
October 28th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.28 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to surrender his presidential powers related to the dissolution of assemblies and the appointment of services chiefs to Prime Minister Yousuf ... Read more...
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